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Latest news and updates from CCRI.

Babies & Bathwater – Greener Gloucestershire

Chris Short from CCRI took part in the Greener Gloucestershire festival held over the weekend at the University of Gloucestershire’s Park campus. Chris was engaged in a debate concerning GM food production

IASC 2014 – European Conference: Umeå, Sweden

This week, senior research fellow John Powell is in Sweden in the town of Umeå situated in the north of the country as he is presenting at the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC) European conference.

Reducing Food Waste – A French Approach

Earlier this month the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations published a study investigating food waste and its impact upon natural resources.

Organic Food and Nutritional Content

There have been several news reports recently concerning a meta-analysis published by researchers led by Professor Carlo Leifert of Newcastle University. The study investigated ‘differences in composition between organic and non-organic crops/crop-based foods’.

GLAMUR Project Reaches 1st Anniversary

CCRI GLAMUR team, James Kirwan, Daniel Keech, Damian Maye and Dilshaad Bundhoo were in Rome from February 26th to 28th for EU-funded GLAMUR project meeting.